As the Crippler, he became an agent in the employ of HYDRA, as a member of the Elite Bounty Division.

[3] Next, the Wild Pack were sent to rescue Silver Sable, and battled doppelgangers of the Sandman and Doctor Doom.

[9] The Wild Pack then teamed up with Next Wave, Stingray, and Siege to battle the Cyberwarriors and Genesis Coalition.

He is an extraordinary street-fighter, and received further training in armed and unarmed combat from the U.S. Marines, NYPD, Hydra, and Silver Sable.

He wears a Kevlar-lined costume provided by Silver Sable, and uses his Hydra-supplied cobtraton (a sectioned telescoping steel baton), and various knives, hand guns, rifles, and flamethrowers as needed.